Shoe.



J. N. SCHWANDER.

SHOE.

APPLICATION men nwzs. 1 911.

1,270,21 8. Patented June 18, 1918.

JACOB N. SCHWANDER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR '10 JOHN J'. MAOMASTER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratented June 18, 1918.

Application filed December 26, 1917. Serial No. 208,752.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, JACOB N. SCHWANDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoes, of which the construction, particularly with reference to the successive and essential steps in manufacture, are combined with neatness, permanency of original shape and comfort to the wearer in the finished product.

A further object of the invention is to provide for the substantial anchoring of an insole under conditions which insure the permanency of its position with reference to the outer sole and the complete and efi'ective housing of its marginal edge and the prevention of intermediate wrinkling or creasing, if the insole is of soft material, and an effective maintenance of the general shape if said insole is of relatively stiff material or is designed to act as a stretching or extending element.

Further objects'and advantages of the invention will appear in the course of the following description, reference being had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 represents a view in perspective of the toe portion of a shoe or slipper showing a preferred embodiment, of the novel features involved.

Figs. 2 and 3 are transverse sectional views showing successive steps in the construction of the shoe.'

Fig. 4 is a similar yiew of the completed structure.

In the illustrated form the vamp or upper 1 is connected with-the outer or main sole 2 which supports an inner sole 3, said outer sole having,a reflexed margin 4, spaced from the plane of its body or main portion to form a housing for the margin of the inner sole, while the refiexed margin 5 of the vamp is arranged in a bead or shed 6 of the vamp and is secured by a row of stitches 7 to the upper surface of the reflexed margin of the outer sole. This bead or shed is maintained 'by an inner row of stitches 8 extending portion and reflexed margin of the outer sole and the interposed inner sole within the edge of the reflexed margin of the vamp.

In practice, the outer sole and vamp, (Fig. 2) are secured together by the stitches 7 While said parts are in a reversed position, or inside out, the margin of the vamp being set back from the margin of the sole to provide a projectingportion or edgewhich later forms the reflexed margin 4 (Fig. 3) when the united parts are turned right side out. The inner sole 3 may then be inserted between the planes of the outer sole -(or the body portion thereof) and the refiexed margin 4, which thus securely and adequately houses the margin of the inner sole and disposes its marginal edge substantially beneath the row of stitches 7 and in contact with the bight formed at the junction of the margin 4 with the outer sole.

The vamp is then crimped down to form the bead or shed 6 and is secured, within the edge of the reflexed margin of the vamp,

by the inner row of stitches 8 which pass through and effectively unite the vamp with the outer sole, the inner sole and the refiexed margin of the outer sole, (Fig. 4). The

Obviously, either a flexible or a relatively. stiff inner sole may be employed as may bepreferred, or as may be necessary to suit the character or proposed ultimate use of the shoe, and if relatively stiff it will serve as a stretcher to extend and hold the outer sole under a certain tension and consequently maintain the shape of the entire structure.

What is claimed is l. A shoe having an outer sole and a vamp, both having reflexed margins, a. row of stitches passing through and uniting said reflexed margins, and a second row of stitches passing through and uniting the outer sole and one of said refiexed margins and the vamp, within the edge of the other of said refiexed margins.

2. A shoe having an outer sole and a thereof, and

ing through and uniting the outer and inner soles, the reflexed margin of the, former and the vamp,

4. A shoe having an vamp, the margins of which arereflexed, with the inner edge of the former extending beyond that of the latter, a row of stitches passingthrough and uniting said reflexed margins, an insole marginally disposed bepassing through tween the outer sole and the refiexed margin thereof, and an innerand uniting the vamp with the reflexed margin of the outer sole, within the edge of. the reflexed margin of the vamp.

5. A shoe having an outer vamp, the margins with the inner edge of the former extending through and uniting said reflexed margins, and an inner row of stitches assing through and uniting the vamp wit the reflexed margin of the outer sole, within the edge of the reflexedmargin ofthe vamp and maintaining the portlon of the vamp between said row of stitches in position to withinthe edge of the refiexed margin of the vamp.

outer sole and a row of stitchessole and a of which are refieXed,'

7 beyond that of the latter, a row of stitches passing vamp,

form a head or shed to house the reflexed margin of'the vamp.

6. A shoe having an outer sole and a vamp, the margins of which are reflexed,

"with that of the sole spaced'from-the body portion of the latter to form a seat for an 1nso1e margin, secured together by a row of stitches,'and a. second row of stitches passing through and uniting the vamp and the reflexed margin of the outer sole within the edge of the reflexed margin of the vamp.

said refiexed margins being 7.'A shoe having an outer sole and a vamp, the margins of which are reflexed, row of stitches passing through and unitin said reflexed'margins, an insole marginally disposed between the lane of the outer sole and its reflexed margin and disposed at its edge beneath the reflexed edge of the vamp,

and an inner row of stitches passing through and uniting the vain with the reflexed mar- 'n of the outer so e, within the edge of ie reflexed margin of the vamp.

8. A shoe having an outer sole and a the margins of which with the inner edge of the former extending beyond that of the latter, a row of stitches passing through and uniting said reflexed margins, an insole marginally disposed between the outer sole and its reflexed margins and disposed at its ed e in contact with the bight. between the; b0 y portion of the outer sole and its reflexed margin, and a second row of stitches passing through and uniting the vamp with the reflexed margin of the outer sole, within the edge of the reiiexed margin of the vamp. v

In testimony; whereof I afiix mysignature. AGOB N. SCHWANDER.

are reflexed, 

